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acridity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English acrid Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English acridity From acrid + -ity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Bitterness or acerbity.
2. (countable, uncountable) An acrid taste or smell.
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Bitterness in speech or behavior; causticness.
   • She was not safe from the acridity of his tongue but at least she need not fear physical violence, which was well within the possibilities for others. 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

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Synonyms

acridness